ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 16 Housing loans and grants

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 16

16. (1) The Commission may, on such terms and conditions as it determines,
make loans to Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders for the following
purposes:

   (a)  the erection or purchase of dwellings or the purchase of land on which
        dwellings are to be erected or situated;

   (b)  the extension or modification of, or the making of additions to,
        dwellings;

   (c)  any purpose incidental to any of the foregoing purposes;

   (d)  the purchase of household effects;

   (e)  the repayment of existing debts incurred for any of the purposes
        referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d).

(2) The Commission may, on such terms and conditions as it determines, make
loans or grants to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander corporations for the
purpose of enabling them to provide housing for Aboriginal persons or Torres
Strait Islanders.

(3) The Commission may, on such terms and conditions as it determines, make
payments for the purpose of enabling Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait
Islanders to obtain loans, for any or all of the purposes referred to in
subsection (1), from lenders operating on a commercial basis.

(4) The making of a loan to, the provision of housing for, or the obtaining of
a loan by, an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander jointly with his
or her spouse shall, for the purposes of this section, be taken to be the
making of a loan to, the provision of housing for, or the obtaining of a loan
by, an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander even if the spouse is not
an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander.